Ganesh kumar

Software Engineer

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India8 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in network feature automation and testing.
Proficient in using advanced testing frameworks.
Strong background in BGP and routing protocols.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Networking and Software Testing expert with a focus on automation and protocol validation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Network TestingTest AutomationTest ExecutionDashboard DevelopmentAutomation

Other Skills

Test PlanningFeature TestingPythonYang ModelsgRPCNetconfPytestCafy FrameworkBGPOpen-configPlotly-jsData-tablesSemantic-UIRegression TestingTest Strategy

About

Software Engineer in Cisco Systems Ltd (April 2022 - Till Now) - Network Feature Automation using Python and Pytest, Cafy Framework - In Hands experience in testing functional and scale features in routing protocols like BGP, OSFP, ACL in Cisco SP Routers like 8000, NCS5500, ASR9k, N540 - BGP, OSPF, IS-IS Yang Model Testing and Automation - BGP Policy Based Routing via open-config model - 1 Dimensional BGP Scale Automation like Neighbour scale, route scale, Multi-path Scaling , Aggressive Timers - Proficient with Network devices configuration types like Netconf/Yang and gNMI ((gRPC/Proto Buffer) network management interfaces) - BGP Flowspec Functional and Scale Testing both with CLI and Netconf Yang to mitigate DDos Attacks - Continuously Maintains Regression Suites for automated Features and does Bug hunting - Has Basic Understanding of ROBOT framework with less in-hand experience - Feature tested IPv6 support for security feature Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) - Feature tested IPSec Reverse-Route injection & IPSec traffic-selector - Have Good in hand experience in Network Testing and Troubleshooting. - Proficient in using Network Traffic generator tools like Spirent & Ixia

Experience

8 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs

Average Tenure

10 mos

Current Experience

Juniper networks

Software Engineer 4

Aug 2025 – Present · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Test ExecutionTest PlanningNetwork TestingFeature TestingTest AutomationPython+3

Cisco

Software Engineer

Apr 2022 – Aug 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Business Unit: SP Routing
Work Summary: Feature testing & Scale testing (Manual & Automation) routing protocols in high end SP cisco Routers like Spitfire (8000) series, NCS55xx Series and ASR9K. Testing & Validating NPI (New product Initiative) with scale automation and exploratory testing. Have good hands on Yang models and testing the products with yang manageability protocols like gRPC, GNMI, Netconf and telemetry

Test ExecutionTest Planning

Nokia

3 roles

Technical Test Lead

Promoted

Oct 2019 – Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Getting more insight into Automation related test data.
Developed a dashboard to display all the regression related data like setups covered in weekly, smoke, daily regression, newly raised software bug releases wise, newly added test case, setup runtime and many more
Designed a dashboard which measures the test case automation percentage of each team with respect to software release. This dashboard is used extensively within Business unit to provide insight of automation level across different coverage scope (used Python CGI, Plotly-js, Data-tables and Semantic-UI)
Along with dashboard, I was involved in automation of test cases using ROBOT framework

Test ExecutionTest PlanningPythonDashboard Development

Senior Engineer

Jun 2018 – Oct 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

Worked in automation and regression testing involving L2 features and protocols. I was predominantly around automation involving test case development, framework maintenance and enhancements, stabilising the regression runs and raising bugs on Layer 2.5 device called as ISAM (Intelligent Service Access Multiplexer).
Involved in creation of various metrics dashboard using Python pandas, NumPy

AutomationRegression TestingPython